Description: Small City Park, Beach, and Boat ramp in Punta Gorda near the mouth of the Peace River.
Vegetation Communities: Mangrove swamp, beach, grassy areas, hardwoods, palms.
Location: Punta Gorda, 3 miles from intersection of US41 and Marion Ave, or 5 miles from I-75. Go south on Marion to the end.
Amenities: Bathrooms, Peace River Wildlife Center, children’s play area, boat ramp, boat trailer and car parking, boardwalk.
Animal Species: We are still building an inventory, but here is the beginning:
Birds that you may encounter year-round include:
| Brown Pelican | Laughing Gull | Royal Tern |
| Willet | Anhinga | Foresters Tern |
| Great Blue Heron | Little Blue Heron | Spotted sandpiper |
| Cowbird | Snowy Egret | Great Egret |
| Louisiana Tricolor Heron | Ground Dove | Great Horned Owl |
| Starling | Turkey Vulture | Black Vulture |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Lesser Scaup | Belted Kingfisher |
| Osprey | Fish Crow | Roseate Spoonbill |
| Woodstork | Bald eagle | Yellow-crowned Night Heron |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Red-bellied Woodpecker | Piliated Woodpecker |
| Green Heron | Boat-tailed Grackle | Frigate Bird |
| Sanderling | Red-winged Blackbird | Prairie Warbler |
| American Kestrel | Palm Warbler | Horned Grebe |
| Sandwich Tern | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Tree Swallow |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Cardinal | White-eyed Vireo |
| Least Sandpiper | Red-shouldered Hawk | Double-crested Cormorant |
| White Ibis | Common Loon | Semipalmated Plover |
| Mourning Dove | Ring-billed Gull | Hooded Merganser |
| Shrike | White Pelican | Dickcissel |
| Western Sandpiper |
Documented Mammals:
| Raccoon | Cottontail Rabbit |
Documented Herps:
| Cottontail Rabbit | Brown Anole |